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    Becoming Brianna
    Becoming Brianna
    Becoming Brianna
    Audiobook2 hours

    Becoming Brianna

    Written by Terri Libenson

    Narrated by Em Eldridge

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    New York Times bestseller! Terri Libenson returns with another endearing, relatable story of friendship and finding confidence. Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier and Jennifer L. Holm.

    Middle school is full of challenges.

    Everyone knows how much brainy Bri likes the spotlight (not). So why did she ever agree to something that forces her to learn a new language, give a speech, help organize a party, and juggle drama at school and home?! As the big event inches closer, Bri wonders if it’s all worth it. . . .

    Told in alternating past and present chapters, Bri’s heartwarming story unfolds over the eight months leading up to her bat mitzvah—as well as over the course of the big day itself.

    Plus don't miss Terri Libenson's Invisible Emmie, Positively Izzy, and Just Jaime!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateMay 5, 2020
    ISBN9780063003194
    Becoming Brianna
    Author

    Terri Libenson

    Terri Libenson is the New York Times bestselling author of the Emmie & Friends series and the cartoonist of the (now retired) award-winning comic strip The Pajama Diaries. Terri empty-nests in Cleveland, Ohio, with her husband, Mike. She is the proud mom of two grown daughters and a poodle. You can find her online at terrilibenson.com.

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    What our readers think

    Readers find this title to be a mixed bag. Some readers appreciate the insight it provides into another religion and the understanding it brings. They love all of Terri Libenson's books and find this one to be absolutely amazing. However, there are also negative reviews that criticize the book as stupid and ugly. Overall, the book is described as awesome, cool, drama-filled, funny, and silly.

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    • 5/5
      Lovin it!! Awesome,cool, drama filled, funny, silly,. Love it! Yes!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      I am not jewish myself, but it really gave me new look into another religion and I now understand what other people are going through in their rights of passage.

      Loved the book, I actually love all Terri Libenson's books!?

      It was absolutely and totally ? percent FIRE!!?

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Well I don’t know should I say it’s not really my favorite book written by Terry Leabenson.....
      ( sorry if spelled wrong I’m Afrikaans
      #South Africa)
    • 5/5
      AHHHHH! DELETE IT THIS BOOK IS SO STUPID!! UGH ???????????? THIS BOOK IS A. JOKE SHE IS SO UGLY OH AND STUPID
    • 5/5
      Becoming Brianna is a notebook novel about her experiences with an upcoming Bat Mitzvah. This is not the first Brianna book but it can be read alone. The setting is the same school and includes characters from previous books. Brianna is now dealing with her parents divorce. In this newest instalment. After being badgered by her mother, Brianna has finally and reluctantly, given in to her mother's desire for her to have a significant bat mitzvah celebration. The family is not terribly religious (Brianna's father is not Jewish), and her parents can barely afford such a celebration. Unselfishly Brianna understands that this is very important to her mother and agrees even though she has a lot of anxiety about being the center of attention. So now and in a rather short time she has to learn learn to speak Hebrew, write a speech and deliver it to an audience in Hebrew! That’s enough to make the most outgoing person tremble. As many of us do with difficult things, she leaves the speech to the last minute.

      She is also at odds with her best friend, Emmie, who is not only tired of hearing about the bat mitzvah, but also doubts that popular girl Zoe who has suddenly befriended Brianna has sincere motives. Zoe texts Brianna frequently, and makes an effort to talk to her and hang out, but the two don't really click, and Emmie feels that Zoe has heard rumors about the Bat Mitzvah party and just wants to be invited. Going back and forth in time from Brianna's preparations to the present day, we see her anxiety building as she deals with family, friends and her upcoming event. As I read Brianna’s predicament I began to feel anxiety.

      I enjoyed Libenson's comical illustrations and the hand lettered text made the story quite personal.
      I thought the parental drama was realistic and not over the top. When she impulsively invites her new friends to her party, I thought it a bit insensitive for mom to go off on how they can’t afford to feed four more people. But it was very interesting how Brianna negotiated with her mother to come up with the additional funds. This was a very mature thing for a teen to do.


      The friend drama is a consistent to middle school interactions. and the desire to make friends. I don’t know if popular kids would really befriend the lesser just to attend a party, but I have only attended one Bat Mitzi and while it was very nice it wasn’t a Disney World event.

      This left me with the desire to know more about Brianna as well as how her family fares in life.